France Increases Biofuel Mandates

(Biofuels International) French deputies’ vote for the country’s 2019 finance bill has led to France increasing its biofuel mandates. This means that the minimum amount of biofuels that is incorporated into motor vehicle fuel is to be increased.

The minimum amount of biofuels that is to be blended will rise from 2018’s 7.5% to 7.9% in 2019 and to 8.2% in 2020. The new biofuel mandates came into effect on the 1st of January 2019 and is set to all biofuel players to continue reducing greenhouse gas emissions from transportation.

In December 2018, the French National Assembly passed the 2019 finance bill that requires the increase of biofuels to be used in road transport. The bill also includes incentives to encourage distributors to efficiently incorporate the legal minimum amount of biofuels.

French lawmakers are also giving priority to local feedstock that can be used to manufacture biofuels. READ MORE